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The innkeeper and butler's guide, or, A directory in the making and managing of British wines; : together with directions for the managing, colouring and flavouring of foreign wines and spirits, and for making British compounds, peppermint, anniseed, shrub, &c.&c

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1807.
Call number: 486118
Creator: Davies, J(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 19 cm
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The innkeeper and butler's guide, or, A directory in the making and managing of British wines; : together with directions for the managing, colouring and flavouring of foreign wines and spirits, and for making British compounds, peppermint, anniseed, shrub, &c.&c

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